Minster In Thanet, Buttsfield Estate c.1955
Photo ref:
M86002
Photo ref:
M86002
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Every village throughout England in the 1950s found an increase in population, and council estates were built on the green countryside. Minster was no exception, as we can see in this photograph. This estate was built after 1951; it was formerly the site of a mixed orchard, whose produce was sold through a greengrocer in Minster High Street.
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A Selection of Memories from Minster
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Minster
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I was born in Prospect rd in 1952 as I got older we used to be allowed to walk up the bumpy track that lead from the bottom of Prospect rd down the edge of the Buttsfield estate then down a narrow path past the school then to the recreation ground. I did a paper round for Attwels we also used to go to the cafe behind the Cornerhouse shop. I remember sitting in there in 1966 watching the world cup final with 1 ...see more
The road in the picture, St Mildred's, is where I grew up, opposite the "rec". As a young lad growing up, Minster offered all sorts of adventures; the marshes, the river Stour, Watchester Lane, the woods, fishing, catching newts & tadpoles in the local dykes and the annual flower show, is that still going? Playing in the woods around the vicarage and evading the vicar, the reverend Wagstaff! Mum ...see more
My parents bought the Corner House in 1963 and lived there until they retired in 1975. I lived there from 1963 till I got married in the church opposite in1967. My dad ran the sweet shop at the front and my mum ran the cafe and tea rooms. My bedroom was above the shop at the front of the building in the photo.
I delivered papers for Attwell's newsagents in the 1970's, and being an entrepreneurial child, did two paper rounds! The first one was from the Square along Monkton road, down Egbert Road, then the cul-de-sac end of Augustine Road and then through the gas works alley to deliver to all of Rose Gardens. The second round was the rest of Monkton Road more or less to the village boundary. I seem to remember ...see more
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